UN readies tool to widen science and tech access - SciDev.Net

abernard102@gmail.com 2015-07-19

Summary:

"A UN programme to improve access to research funding and technology for poor nations is set for approval this week, according to sources close to the negotiations. The Technology Facilitation Mechanism will include a website and, possibly, a mobile phone app that will unite all UN programmes related to science and research and development. It will also map global science performance and collate open access technologies and science publications to make it easier for researchers in developing countries to access them, says the draft agreement for this week’s Financing for Development conference in Ethiopia.  The mechanism is part of an overall deal to improve development financing and organise funding for the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs), which is being hammered out in Addis Ababa this week. At a side event on 13 July, UN staff involved in developing the mechanism said they were sure the idea would not be a stumbling block to negotiations ..."

Link:

http://www.scidev.net/index.cfm?originalUrl=global/technology/news/un-tool-widen-science-and-tech-access.html

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oa.new oa.comment oa.un oa.apps oa.tools oa.development

Date tagged:

07/19/2015, 08:13

Date published:

07/19/2015, 04:13